Preview Stenhousemuir
Saturday, 19th Dec 2015The first meeting between the teams this season produced a resounding 5-0 win for the Pars.
Having defeated Ayr United last Saturday to open up a three point gap at the top of League One, Allan Johnston's team is intent on keeping hold of top spot. The last home game of 2015 is against Stenhousemuir who sit sixth in the league. Brown Ferguson's team has had a stop start season winning three of their first six league games, then going five without a win followed by four undefeated before losing last weekend to Albion Rovers.
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Milestones v Stenhousemuir (home) |
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Last Victory |
14/02/15 |
3-2 |
League One |
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Last Defeat |
13/02/60 |
0-1 |
Scottish Cup |
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Best Victory |
27/09/30 |
11-2 |
Div Two |
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Worst Defeat |
25/02/50 |
1-4 |
Scottish Cup |
In head to heads, Dunfernmline have won 39 of the 75 league matches. The most recent match at East End was a 3-2 win for John Potter's team. Paul McMullan opened for the visitors and Colin McMenamin made it 2-0 a minute before the interval. Andy Barrowman got one back in the second minute of added time and Kyle McAusland put the score level until a 94th minute winner came from Barra.
| Last nine meetings | ||||
| 2015/2016 | ||||
| League One | Stenhousemuir | 0-5 | Dunfermline | 19/09/15 |
| 2014/2015 | ||||
| League One | Stenhousemuir | 0-1 | Dunfermline | 15/11/15 |
| League One | Dunfermline | 3-2 | Stenhousemuir | 14/02/15 |
| League One | Stenhousemuir | 1-0 | Dunfermline | 15/11/14 |
| League One | Dunfermline | 2-0 | Stenhousemuir | 13/09/14 |
| 2013/2014 | ||||
| League One | Dunfermline | 0-0 | Stenhousemuir | 08/03/14 |
| League One | Stenhousemuir | 1-2 | Dunfermline | 02/01/14 |
| League One | Dunfermline | 3-2 | Stenhousemuir | 09/11/13 |
| League One | Stenhousemuir | 4-5 | Dunfermline | 24/08/13 |
This season
The first meeting between the teams this season produced a resounding 5-0 win for the Pars. Joe Cardle's eleventh minute goal was followed by two more from Faissal El Bakhtaoui and Shaun Byrne before half time. El Bakhtaoui scored early in the second half and Mickeal Antoine-Curier rounded it off with an 85th minute goal.
| Dunfermline | Stenhousemuir |
| Current League Position | |
| 1st | 6th |
| Form in last six league games | |
| DDWDWW | LWWDWL |
| League Points | |
| 37 | 22 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +34 | -8 |
| Home / Away League Record | |
| P8, W5, D2, L1 | P7, W2, D2, L3 |
Stenhousemuir's 1-0 defeat at home to Albion Rovers last Saturday ended a four match run of league games without defeat and Dunfermline's win over Ayr United took their unbeaten league run to 11 games..
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Stenhousemuir (away) | |||||
| Brechin City | W | 3-1 | East Kiilbride | D | 1-1 | |
| Peterhead | D | 0-0 | Brechin City | W | 2-1 | |
| Forfar Athletic | W | 4-0 | Stranraer | W | 2-1 | |
| Albion Rovers | W | 3-0 | Cowdenbeath | D | 2-2 | |
| Airdrieonians | D | 1-1 | Peterhead | L |
0-3 |
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| Ayr United | L | 0-2 | Albion Rovers | L |
0-2 |
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DUNFERMLINE (v Ayr United): Sean Murdoch; Lewis Martin, Marc McAusland, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot; Michael Paton, Shaun Byrne, Josh Falkingham (c), Joe Cardle, Michael Moffat (David Hopkirk 55), Faissal El Bakhtaoui.
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Spence, Shaun Rooney, Rhys McCabe, Ryan Wallace, Mickael Antoine-Curier, David Hutton (GK).
STENHOUSEMUIR (v Albion Rovers): Matthew Gould; Jamie McCormack, Stuart Malcolm, Ross Meechan, Jim Paterson (Alan Cook 59); Mark Gilhaney (Carlos Mazan-Martinez 77), Kieran Millar, Jon Robertson; Marenghi (Lewis Small 86), Colin McMenamin, Jason Scotland
SUBS NOT USED: Euan Murray, Harry Monaghan, Stephen Stirling, Jamie Barclay (GK).
Referee will be George Salmond.
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